Wednesday afternoon forecast 06/12/23

06 December - National weather forecast presented by Aidan McGivern.

Transcript

00:00Hi there. One more cold, bright, crisp winter's day before the weather turns wetter and in

00:06some places the weather turns milder. The rain already approaching parts of Ireland

00:12and the cloud thickening as we go into the afternoon across Northern Ireland, Western

00:16Scotland, Wales and the South West. Breeze picking up here as well. But further east

00:20we cling on to the mainly blue skies and chilly air but there are some freezing fog patches

00:26that will persist into the afternoon. If you've got freezing fog at the moment you

00:32might cling on to it until after dark and in fact after dark it could thicken once again.

00:37Temperatures as well staying low across parts of Scotland, Central and Eastern England where

00:43we've got the blue skies away from the hills 2 to 5 Celsius. Some upland areas though staying

00:48below freezing and where we've got the freezing fog staying below freezing. Further west a

00:53marked contrast as that cloudier and wetter weather moves in, double figures for parts

00:58of Northern Ireland and South West England. Then it's a soggy end to Wednesday with Northern

01:03Ireland seeing some heavy rain for a time could cause some issues here. Wales, South

01:07West England also seeing that persistent rain developing through the evening. Now as that

01:12rain pushes in and mixes with the cold air there's likely to be some hill snow in the

01:17north. That snow building up especially above 400 metres for parts of Scotland. We're thinking

01:23the Trussachs towards southeastern parts of Grampian where could be some issues around

01:29some higher level routes by dawn on Thursday. Also a few icy patches across Scotland and

01:35Northern England. But a big temperature contrast by the end of the night across the UK. Temperatures

01:41will be rising in the east after an early frost but even so it's a chilly start 2 to

01:464 Celsius in the west. And the south west double figures to begin things but it is going

01:52to be damp and drizzly for many as we begin Thursday. The mild air, I should say the less

01:57cold air really because it's not going to feel particularly mild in many places, it

02:02takes over across the UK. The snow becoming confined to the very tops of the Scottish

02:06mountains and the rain turning heavier and more persistent as the day goes on. This band

02:12of wet weather really making for a miserable afternoon in many places. The wind picking

02:17up as well, coastal gales for parts of western Scotland and with the wind and the rain and

02:21temperatures in the north and the east only reaching 5 to 6 Celsius through much of the

02:27day. It's not going to feel very pleasant at all. The properly mild air really restricted

02:32to the west and the south west 11, 12 and in some places 13 Celsius. And brighter skies

02:38pushing into Northern Ireland and western fringes of the UK but that's only after a

02:42particularly soggy spell of rain, of weather I should say, and that rain building up over

02:48western and southern hills. So parts of Devon for example, South Wales, Northern Ireland,

02:55south east and eastern Scotland seeing that rain really building up over hills and that

03:00falling onto saturated ground could cause some issues, high river levels and risk of

03:05localised flooding and so on. Full details on those warnings on the Met Office website

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